The drawing showed a new “administration building” to house writers, actors and technical directors and an “outdoor stage for the production of high-class photoplays starring Tyrone Power.” The two existing park buildings would also be part of the large studio complex.

The studio was already under construction and would soon be complete. Filming would commence a few months later, but the excitement would soon dissipate. Power decamped after only one movie, claiming a nervous breakdown, and the studio would go into receivership before 1918 ended. Power’s son, Tyrone Power III, would also go onto become a famous actor.

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